Storage Container for Canned Drinks

ABSTRACT

A storage container for canned drinks includes a vessel body having a top opening and multiple bosses formed on an inner periphery of the vessel body; and a clamping mechanism releasably connected to the vessel body and having a collar, a skirt integrally extending outward from a side of the collar to fit into a space inside the vessel body from the top opening, two openings communicating with the top opening and with one another, multiple support bars formed on an inner periphery of the vessel body for clamping a neck of the canned drink and multiple locking bars firmly formed on an outer periphery of the skirt to correspond to and releasably connect to the bosses of the vessel body to secure engagement between the clamping mechanism and the vessel body.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Technical Field

The present invention is related to a storage container, in particular,a storage container for canner drinks.

Related Art

Nowadays, people tend to enjoy their lives as much as possible as dailywork routines have greatly worn out both their physical and mentalhealth. As a result, people want to live their lives to the fullest,even a little thing in daily life. For example, people love to gooutdoors to enjoy the nature and exercise in the same time. While theyare exhausted from a long hiking or mountain climbing, a cold drinkwould be the best cure for their sore backs and legs. However, being inoutdoors, having a cold drink would somehow be a luxury thing to askfor. To solve this, a storage container having the ability to isolateheat from ambient air is introduced to the market. With which, peopleare able to store their cold drinks inside the storage container for atleast hours long and still have their drinks cold. This is because theliner inside the storage container and/or the vacuum space createdinside the storage container. Having both the liner and the vacuum spaceinside the storage container would best keep the drinks cold for a longperiod of time. However, there is one thing that is not convenient forthe user while using this storage container, which is the cap or cover.Every time, when the user is using the storage container trying to graba cold beer, for example, out of the storage container, the user has tounscrew the cap and then screw back the cap once the cold drink is out.This screw and unscrew process is somehow troublesome for the user.

As such, an improvement to the currently existing storage container isneeded to allow the user to conveniently and quickly have access to thecold drinks without going through the screw and unscrew process again.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to overcome defects of the prior art,and provides an improved storage container for canned drinks.

The primary objective of the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention is to have a storage container provided with a vessel bodyhaving a top opening and a clamping mechanism releasably attached to atop rim of the vessel body from the top opening. The clamping mechanismhas a shape corresponding to that of the vessel body and includes anintegrally formed circular collar, a skirt extending outward from a sideof the collar to fit into the inside of the vessel body from the topopening of the vessel body and multiple support bars, preferably elasticsupport bars, provided to an inner periphery of the skirt for clamping aneck of the canned drinks.

Another objective of the preferred embodiment of the present inventionis that the vessel body further has multiple bosses formed on an innerperiphery of the vessel body and the clamping mechanism has multipleL-shaped locking bars securely formed on an outer periphery of the skirtto correspond to the bosses of the vessel body.

Still another objective of the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention is that the locking bar is composed of a vertical barselectively in contact with the boss and a tapered transverse bar togradually secure the connection between the vessel body and the clampingmechanism.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present inventionis that the vessel body has a liner provided inside the vessel body tofunction as an insulation from heat.

Still a further objective of the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention is to provide a storage container for canned drinks. Thestorage container comprises a vessel body having a top opening andmultiple bosses formed on an inner periphery of the vessel body; and aclamping mechanism releasably connected to the vessel body and having acollar, a skirt integrally extending outward from a side of the collarto fit into a space inside the vessel body from the top opening, twoopenings communicating with the top opening and with one another,multiple support bars formed on an inner periphery of the vessel bodyfor clamping a neck of the canned drink and multiple locking bars firmlyformed on an outer periphery of the skirt to correspond to andreleasably connect to the bosses of the vessel body to secure engagementbetween the clamping mechanism and the vessel body.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present inventionis that the storage container has a height adapted to be shorter thanthat of the canned drink to ensure a part of the canned drink isexposed.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present inventionis that each of the locking bars is provided with a vertical barintegrally formed on an outer periphery of the skirt and transverse barintegrally formed with the vertical bar, wherein the transverse bar istapered such that engagement between the transverse bars and the bossesbecomes tighter and tighter as the clamping mechanism is rotatedrelative to the vessel body and the rotational movement of the clampingmechanism relative to the vessel body is stopped by the vertical bars.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present inventionis that the clamping mechanism further has an elastic rim formed withthe collar to help further clamp the canned drink.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present inventionis that the support bars are elastic.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present inventionis that the storage container has a liner, a shell surrounding the linerand a vacuum space sandwiched between the shell and the liner to furtherisolate heat from ambient air.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the storage containerconstructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the storage container with a canneddrink received therein;

FIG. 3 is a partial cross sectional view showing the internal structureof the storage container while having the canned drink inside thestorage container;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view showing the canned drink inside the storagecontainer;

FIG. 5 is a side plan view showing the canned drink inside the storagecontainer; and

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing alternate embodiment of a capreleasably connected to the vessel body.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The present invention will be further described below with reference tothe accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention provides a storage containerfor canned drinks. The storage container constructed in accordance withthe preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a vessel body10 having a top opening and a clamping mechanism 20 releasably attachedto a top rim of the vessel body 10 from the top opening and having twoopenings communicating with one another. The clamping mechanism 20 has ashape corresponding to that of the vessel body 10 and includes anintegrally formed circular collar 21, a skirt 22 extending outward froma side of the collar 21 to fit into the inside of the vessel body 10from the top opening of the vessel body 10 and multiple support bars 23,preferably elastic support bars, provided on an inner periphery of theskirt 22 for clamping a neck (not numbered) of the canned drinks. Inaddition to the elastic support bars 23, it is noted that the collar 21further has an elastic rim 24 formed on a top periphery thereof to helpfurther clamp the body of the canned drink.

The vessel body 10 has a top opening and defines therein a receivingspace for accommodation of a canned drink (not shown). The vessel body10 further has multiple bosses 11 formed on a top inner peripherythereof.

The clamping mechanism 20 further has multiple locking bars 24 formed onan outer periphery of the skirt 22 to correspond to the bosses 11 of thevessel body 10. Each of the locking bars 24 includes a vertical bar 241and a tapered transverse bars 242, together forming into a L-shapedlocking bar 24. The vertical bar 241 intermittently connects to acorresponding one of the bosses 11 to function as a stop to a rotationof the clamping mechanism 20 relative to the vessel body 10. Thetransverse bar 242 is tapered so that when the clamping mechanism 20 isrotated relative to the vessel body 10, the rotation movement of theclamping mechanism 20 is gradually stopped as the engagement between thebosses 11 and the transverse bars 242 becomes tighter and tighter.

With reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, it is noted that when a canned drink 30is to be received inside the vessel body 10 of the storage containerconstructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the canned drink 30 is first inserted into a bottom openingof the collar 21 of the clamping mechanism 20, leaving the top face ofthe canned drink exposed. After the canned drink 30 is inserted into thebottom opening of the clamping mechanism 20, the support bars 23 engagewith a neck of the canned drink 30 and the tapered transverse bars 242engage with the bosses 11 inside the vessel body 10. And as the clampingmechanism 20 is rotated relative to the vessel 10, the bosses 11respectively slide on a top side of the corresponding transverse bar242. As the transverse bars 242 are tapered, the engagement between thetransverse bars 242 and the bosses 11 is tighter and tighter. Finally,when the bosses 11 engage with the vertical bars 241 and are stopped bythe vertical bars 241, the relative rotation of the clamping mechanism20 relative to the vessel body 20 is stopped. Furthermore, in order tohave better temperature preserving capability, it is to be noted thatthe vessel body 10 is provided with a liner 11, a shell 12 surroundingthe liner 11 and a vacuum space sandwiched between the liner 11 and theshell 12. It is further noted that the storage container has a heightshorter than that of the canned drink to ensure that the top portion ofthe canned drink is exposed after the canned drink is accommodatedinside the storage container of the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

With reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, it is noted that after the clampingmechanism 20 is securely connected to the vessel body 10, a top side ofthe canned drink 30 is still exposed to the ambient air so that when theuser wants to have access to the canned drink 30, the user can easilyopen the canned drink 30 without the conventional screw and unscrewoperation to remove the canned drink out from the storage container.

With reference to FIG. 6, when the clamping mechanism 20 is not in use,the user may use a cap 50 to close the top opening of the vessel body toprevent pollutant from going into the interior space of the vessel body10.

The present invention is described above in detail with reference to theembodiments of the accompanying drawings, and a person of ordinary skillin the art may make various modifications to the present inventionaccording to the above description. Therefore, some details in theembodiments shall not constitute a limitation on the present invention,and the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject tothe scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A storage container for canned drinks, thestorage container comprising: a vessel body having a top opening andmultiple bosses formed on an inner periphery of the vessel body; and aclamping mechanism releasably connected to the vessel body and having acollar, a skirt integrally extending outward from a side of the collarto fit into a space inside the vessel body from the top opening, twoopenings communicating with the top opening and with one another,multiple support bars formed on an inner periphery of the vessel bodyfor clamping a neck of the canned drink and multiple locking bars firmlyformed on an outer periphery of the skirt to correspond to andreleasably connect to the bosses of the vessel body to secure engagementbetween the clamping mechanism and the vessel body.
 2. The storagecontainer as claimed in claim 1 having a height adapted to be shorterthan that of the canned drink to ensure a part of the canned drink isexposed.
 3. The storage container as claimed in claim 1, wherein each ofthe locking bars is provided with a vertical bar integrally formed on anouter periphery of the skirt and transverse bar integrally formed withthe vertical bar, wherein the transverse bar is tapered such thatengagement between the transverse bars and the bosses becomes tighterand tighter as the clamping mechanism is rotated relative to the vesselbody and the rotational movement of the clamping mechanism relative tothe vessel body is stopped by the vertical bars.
 4. The storagecontainer as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the locking bars isprovided with a vertical bar integrally formed on an outer periphery ofthe skirt and transverse bar integrally formed with the vertical bar,wherein the transverse bar is tapered such that engagement between thetransverse bars and the bosses becomes tighter and tighter as theclamping mechanism is rotated relative to the vessel body and therotational movement of the clamping mechanism relative to the vesselbody is stopped by the vertical bars.
 5. The storage container asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the clamping mechanism further has anelastic rim formed with the collar to help further clamp the canneddrink.
 6. The storage container as claimed in claim 3, wherein theclamping mechanism further has an elastic rim formed with the collar tohelp further clamp the canned drink.
 7. The storage container as claimedin claim 3, wherein the support bars are elastic.
 8. The storagecontainer as claimed in claim 6, wherein the support bars are elastic.9. The storage container as claimed in claim 1 further has a liner, ashell surrounding the liner and a vacuum space sandwiched between theshell and the liner to further isolate heat from ambient air.
 10. Thestorage container as claimed in claim 3 further having a liner, a shellsurrounding the liner and a vacuum space sandwiched between the shelland the liner to further isolate heat from ambient air.
 11. The storagecontainer as claimed in claim 6 further having a liner, a shellsurrounding the liner and a vacuum space sandwiched between the shelland the liner to further isolate heat from ambient air.
 12. The storagecontainer as claimed in claim 8 further having a liner, a shellsurrounding the liner and a vacuum space sandwiched between the shelland the liner to further isolate heat from ambient air.